[Recurrent brief depressions].
Recurrent brief depression is a new diagnostical entity recently individualized among depressive disorders and characterized by repeated brief depressive episodes of a few days duration at least once a month over one year. The disorder generally of early onset seems to be present in 14.6% of the population up to 35 years and is associated with marked family and social disturbances as well as with a high rate of suicide attempts. The adequate treatment of recurrent brief depression has still to be defined and fluoxetine-type antidepressants appear devoid of efficacy.
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Service de psychiatrie et de psychologie médicale, Centre hospitalier universitaire du Sart Tilman (B35), Liège I Belgique.
D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence
Dépressions brèves récurrentes.